Image Stabilization and MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2014 Plus

A_Landis_Jones wrote on 10/7/2013, 9:14 AM

Greetings,

Recently, I videotaped a program with my 3D camcorder and tried processing it through MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2014 Plus.  I found out quickly that not too much happended when I used the Image Stabilization function in that the before and after video still jerked around the same with no improvement.  So, I went to the forums and discovered I was not alone.  One of the forum members recommended the expensive "proDAD Mercalli Studio Image Stabilization" since it can be pluged into Movie Edit Pro.  I downloaded it and am having problems using it with Movie Edit Pro's 3D feature, for it processes both left and right eye views simultaneously as if they were a single 2D view, thereby rendering the 3D video useless.  How do I integrate Mercalli Studio Image Stabilization into Movie Edit Pro to get it to operate correctly with 3D videos?  I even tried Prodad's stand alone app with the same abysmal results.  I thought about processing each eye view separately, but my 3D camcorder does not unlink the two sides.  And, even if it did, how would I sync them back together again?


Joy in the Lord,

A. Landis Jones

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johnebaker wrote on 10/7/2013, 2:36 PM

Hi

IMHO image stabilisation for 3D is not satisfactory in post capture and would certainly add more problems if you tried stabilising each stream seperately.

The only good image stabilisation I have used is the my cameras built in optical stabilistion and better still a tripod - preferably with a fluid head for pan and tilt shots - in which case I turn off the optical stabilisation.

. . . I videotaped a program. . . .

How and from what?

John

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A_Landis_Jones wrote on 10/7/2013, 3:21 PM

Greetings John,

And, thank you for your timely response.  Your answer does indeed make sense in that it is evident now that it would indeed be nearly impossible to have any image stabilization software match precisely both left and right eye views.

And, to answer your question, my best friend just celebrated her 60th birthday with a grand birthday party, and she asked me to videotape it and make DVDs for her to pass out - just as I did for her 50th ten years ago.  But, this time, I recorded it in 3D.

Thank you again for responding, and may you have many blessings.

 

Joy in the Lord,

A. Landis Jones

yvon-robert wrote on 10/7/2013, 6:35 PM

Hi,

The first rule in video is use a tripod, the quality of tripod is not a prime importance use a tripod. Pan and tilt shot need a better equipment a fluid head but actually camera is light weight you can use something less than $100.

If you try to shot without tripod or monopod use image stabilisation in camera this is much better than software stabilisation and much less trouble. If a scene has too much correction use a photo on top track to hide the problem .

Regards,

YR